Justin goes to work, while his tongue goes to twerk. 

You know it, and I know it: The “Miley Cyrus Tongue” is now a straight-up thing that people are doing! It’s like blinking, or breathing, or making a turkey with mustard on rye — only way more ratchet and with way fewer calories. After her twerk-nasty VMA performance, Ms. Cyrus’ signature selfie pose has been spreading like wildfire! Last week, “the tongue” managed to infiltrate Thirty Seconds To Mars‘ Jared Leto, who nailed Miley’s side-tongue move, and now, it’s wormed its way into the mouth of Justin Bieber!

While in the studio yesterday, JB took a break from recording to pay visual homage to the “Wrecking Ball” singer, aptly captioning: “Studio.” Hmm, perhaps this is Justin’s quiet way to show solidarity with Miley now that she’s broken her silence on her now world-famous VMA performance?

We may never know, but we can basically guarantee that whenever anyone sees somebody sticking out their tongue, the image of Miley cozying up to a foam finger will immediately pop into their mind — at least for the next two years. Shout-out to all the doctors on tongue-depressor duty! You’re the real heroes.

Photo credit: Justin Bieber’s Instagram